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Space Debris: Challenges and Legislation for Sustainable Space Exploration

Authors
Saurabh Kumar1, *, Shrinkhla Chaurasia1, Deepali Anand1
1Acropolis Institute of Law, Indore, India
*Corresponding author. Email: srvkr00@gmail.com
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Saurabh Kumar
Available Online 26 May 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-716-8_62How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Space Debris; Low Earth Orbit; Geostationary Orbit; Operating Satellite; Orbiter Velocity
Abstract

The space exploration has seen a rapid boost in the past years because of the swift advancement of technology. This has resulted in the congestion of the most used orbits i.e. “Low Earth Orbit and Geostationary Orbit” with satellites. The paper relies upon secondary data and has analyzed space debris statistics and space treaties to study the threat that hinders future space exploration posing a risk of cascading effect known as Kessler Syndrome. Though they are international space treaties regulating space missions, they are not compatible for the present needs due to their non-binding feature. The paper explores mitigation strategies including collision avoidance and satellite reentry techniques, use of graveyard orbit to reduce space junks. Also, the paper recommends establishing a space tribunal, scrapping outdated laws and opting for multi-mission satellites to ensure sustainability of space exploration.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advancements and Modernisations in Sustainable Intelligent Technologies and Applications (RAMSITA 2025)
Series
Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
Publication Date
26 May 2025
ISBN
978-94-6463-716-8
ISSN
1951-6851
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-716-8_62How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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